AMD Radeon R9 280X Vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

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AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 3.3x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 38.4 GTexel / s
• 2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
• 3.3x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,229 gflops

Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 31 January 2012
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 38.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,229 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)

85 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 280X	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Tahiti	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	31 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	372	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,229 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	768
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

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